Eric Clapton-Pete Townshend-06-Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad-Live Rainbow 1973

[@mariazimmerman8948]

Pete Townsend was instrumental in getting Eric clean. and Eric was grateful.

[@paulrizzuto9306]

I keep going back to 4 minute mark to re-listen to Eric's solo, which I like. It's a solo which is understated, but so melodic; reminds me of Eric's dead friend, Duane Allman (r.i.p.).

[@guitarman8462]

I want this on dvd!!!!!

[@tompaul2591]

Was it even filmed? I'm not sure I ever saw any footage of it

[@guitarman8462]

@tompaul2591 I don't think so , wish it was.

[@PFB1994]

Best version of this I've heard is on Derek and the Dominoes live at The Fillmore - Clapton was absolutely on fire at that point.

[@mojofrito]

+PFB1994 I've been a serious Clapton fan for 35 years. Since I found that double CD set I've played 10-1 over my other Clapton records.

[@PFB1994]

+Mojo Frito I've always liked Clapton's stuff to varying degrees, but two things really hit me around the mid 90s - Clapton put out his 'From The Cradle' album and I found that Derek and the Dominos live double CD. And I really, really understood what the deal was. His playing is unreal on that live album. From that point I was able to go back and understand his playing a lot more. I just find brilliance everywhere - from 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps' to 'After Midnight' and so on. But that live Derek and the Dominos is just from another world.

[@larryrubin5150]

Yes 100%%%%%

[@terrycarthy4433]

@@PFB1994 ; He's phenomenally on the Fillmore album, can't get much better really. Blues Power is outrageously good, a golden period in rock history.

[@pabloperez4063]

And ThE tone, with zero pedals, IS amazing

[@melissatyree566]

Part of the reason this concert was held was to get Eric out of his house and away from heroin..to maybe get him some help. Pete Townsend had the idea and it turned into the rainbow concert.

[@mariazimmerman8948]

yes, Pete was trying his best to get Eric clean. what an amazing friend!

[@larryrubin5150]

3:39

[@larryrubin5150]

Why does life gotta be so sad

[@damonhines8187]

One of the best albums I ever had. Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert.

[@fingletoad]

Happy soon to be 70 Eric Clapton!! You are #1 in my book. I saw Derek and the Dominoes in 1970. God, If I knew then.....Love you and happy birthday! Peace.

[@ramblingblues]

Nod's as good as wink... is a classic. The tune Debris would figure in my all time top ten, no doubt about it.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Along with "Don't Let Me Down", "Debris" is/are the best ever/two best ever B-sides Chris !

[@ramblingblues]

great second solo by Ronnie Wood. Listen up those who thought he couldn't play...

[@6412mars]

He's a shitty guitar player...always was..I an amateur can blow his arse offstage then or now

[@ramblingblues]

Well Albert, I was at this concert and have possessed the whole record. You can tell from each musician's position right or left with Clapton centre. The second solo also sound richer. Ron Wood played his mother of pearl guitar for some of the numbers and believe me he played a blinder of a gig. They were all good, but Clapton was a bit rusty having come out of heroin retirement. Wood and Townshend were firing, and yet still Clapton had the magic. Anybody who thinks Wood can't play? See Faces.

[@lyndamcardle4123]

Woody is a very under-rated musician - whatever instrument he plays - he is so melodic.......of course, his best years were pre-drug related The Faces and pre- Hollywood Rod Stewart albums.

[@indieshack4476]

Also present at this concert and I agree, Ron Wood was playing well, Clapton wasn't but was singing well. The photo is from the first concert that evening (Clapton's wearing a waistcoat that was missing when he came on stage for the concert I saw him at). The second concert was the originally scheduled concert and the one that's on the released record. I recorded the whole concert on a small Phillips cassette recorder from my second row seat. Great to see Clapton surface again, and it was the hottest show in town, but the concert as a whole was disappointing - compared to, say, Rory Gallagher concerts I'd see in the same venue - no comparison.

[@ebay9302]

Ronnie sucks in the Stones. He ruined the band...

[@ramblingblues]

@@indieshack4476 wow, agree. I saw Rory there about that time too and the EC gig. Rory was fantastic.. I saw the second EC show too and got hurt in the crowd squeeze outside

[@tompaul2591]

​@@ebay9302maybe the band ruined him. He is stifled in the Stones

[@JustAnotherBlader]

The main solo on the album version is by Duane, but the version that really floors me is Claptons solo on Live At Fillmore.

[@heraclitusblacking1293]

I started playing guitar in high school, and one of the first great guitar albums i picked up was that Dominoes Fillmore album. You're right: the solo Eric does after the second verse is unbelievable.

[@thomasbedell4770]

@@heraclitusblacking1293 He takes us to another melodic world of beauty and raw emotion.

[@fzec011]

My favorite solo of all time. Remember hearing it during the summer of 1995, when the double CD came out at a thrift store in Wheaton, MD. Had to ask the girl who worked there what record that was. Bought it soon afterwards and haven’t stopped listening to it. So aggressive and gentle at the same time; that strat really sounds tortured.

[@dimstath7546]

both recorded versions of Fillmore

[@derekclacton]

2:19 Remarkable lead guitar from Ronnie Wood!

[@Carnegiered52]

How do you know it’s woody at 2:19? Does Townsend do a solo too? Unbelievable guitars throughout.

[@JeromeDayUniverse]

This is so bad ass!

[@bobjohnson8900]

Simply the best ever

[@alsaxe1]

i love the faces..i loved ronnie's tone w/that band.....He was/is a great bass player also..on the odd chance u didn't know,,,,he was the bass player for jeff beck group....

[@bretdouglas9084]

After the years go by. Live

[@bretdouglas9084]

After the years go by

[@jorgefiguerola1239]

Interesting to learn that Derek and the Dominos, the name that is, came about as a happy accident from a foreign announcer mistakingly pronounced Eric and the Dynamos. Better, I think. Heard that, as much as a perfectionist as EC was then, he was told to play and they wouldn't be recorded. Captured anyway and with an intro and at nearly 20 minutes the best version ever.

[@johnknottenbelt2502]

I agree with Albert Russo, although I would dearly love to see this "Rainbow gig" on DVD the best version of this number is on Derek & the Dominoes. You can't beat the Duane / Eric jam on that album, it's blistering !

[@rafrodr]

John Knottenbelt it's sped up at least quarter tone by the end of the song.

[@JamesAllmond]

I don't know, Eric with the Allman Bros doing this is pretty incredible...of course, a long time ago, I got to see this with Bonnie and Delaney...not recorded and that is a shame, it was killer. Worst part, I had no idea who anyone on stage was at that age...

[@alsaxe1]

clapton was great during his heyday w/Cream...Winter was a monster player...one other guy i fogot to mention was the late Terry Kath..and of cource...Jimi

[@joerockhead3665]

and Duane Allman,Mick taylor, Paul kossoff

[@alsaxe1]

i've heard alot about this album....i'll have to check it out

[@すぎたにのぶゆき]

先ほどのホワイ・ダス・ラブ・ガッド・ビー・ソー・サッドに続き演奏されたのは、ジミ・ヘンドリックスの名曲、リトル・ウイングだったのですね。ピート・タウンゼントが、そう語っています。 このステージは昼夜２公演おこなわれ、最初発売された６曲入りのアルバムでのリトル・ウイングは６ 分で、後に発表された拡大版では４分３０秒でした。どちらも間奏のギターソロはロン・ウッドが弾いていました。解説(E・Cファンクラブの会長？)でクラプトンのギターソロが良い！と書かれていたのは、間違いです❗でもロン・ウッドのギターソロも良く泣いていました。のぶ😘

[@victorarena23]

why isn't this on the album

[@ramblingblues]

Hmm. Let's just say back in 1975 when I read about Taylor leaving I could have cried. When Wood's arrival was announced I was not happy at all.... I like your Choices. I used to have some Joe Walsh records. Townshend? Just a god. Back then my guitar idols were Clapton, Hendrix, J Winter, D Allman, M Taylor and Rick Derringer to name those that come to mind. I was obsessed with EC, but no longer. He was definitely something at the time.

[@phillipbermann1887]

This is not from the Rainbow Show.

[@patrickbryant5224]

I have the vinyl version of this album and this isn't on it. I guess LP's were rather limited in how much they could store. Makes me chuckle now in the digital age but I still love the vinyl.

[@derekclacton]

It’s not on the expanded CD version either - who knows why - it really should have been!

[@bernardlitwin6978]

WOW! He was best then.

[@joerobinsonjr6972]

the best u can find

[@ramblingblues]

Do you like any Jazz? I listen to a lot of stuff. My cornerstone remains my teenage years but I keep my ears open...

[@santanasteel1489]

they should release the full rainbow concert

[@waynelegreeley]

this track isn't on the previous extended cd what a nice find.

[@alsaxe1]

i agree w/u about taylor.....though i don't understand y ronnie's talent's weren't used. Just like taylor's guitar was upfront w/the Stones, so could have ronnie's....my hero's from that era are Townshend, West, Walsh, FRampton, Barre etc

[@ramblingblues]

I think in a sad way, Rod Wood was diminished by the Stones, and I am a total fan of the old Stones. M Taylor is one of a few guitar idols of mine of that period, but Wood seems to have paid a heavy price. His talent, and he was definitely a force, was subjugated or sold in return for a ticket to riches and stardom....

[@jfaulkner1658]

I think it is on the 1995 rerelease. CDs hold more music.

[@ramblingblues]

Try Miles Davis, album - Kind of Blue. This the most sold Jazz record in history, and very accessible, also amazing. John Coltrane and Canonball Adderley are like a Clapton / Allman pairing. Kind of Blue to Jazz is like Sgt Peppers to Rock.... Forgive the cheesy comparisons. It's just nectar...

[@すぎたにのぶゆき]

これは1973 年のレインボウ・コンサートからのバージョンでしょうか？最初のアルバム、のちの拡大アルバムにも入ってなかったので貴重な音源です。のぶ😘

[@Alexamdern]

So many bad versions of this amazing song. This one is probably the best I've found. Too bad the quality is not to good.

[@alsaxe1]

the problem w/ron wood is that when he plays w/the stones you can't hear him. By the way..how do u know the 2nd solo is him and not townshend?

[@kaisan6938]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@JamesAllmond]

Who is playing drums on this! Dang!

[@tompaul2591]

Jim capaldi or jimmy karstein

[@DougWJ]

We all know that the lead throughout most of this song on the Layla album is not Eric, but Duane Allman - and while this is a good version - none have ever come near what Duane laid down. He was like a demon and carried the entire song along with Layla and Little Wing...

[@morganthomas5934]

I’d recommend the version Eric does with the Allmans Bros Band. Derek Trucks is as close to DA as we’re ever likely to get. Warren Hayes also provides some great Bobby Whitlock style vocals too

[@danilomiram4497]

Sorry to disagree pls listen intensevely to Derek n Dominos

[@danilomiram4497]

Sorry to disagree try to listen intensively Derek n Dominos In Concert / Live at Filmore / outtakes( Ace Stratosphere) so you will know they dont need Skydog Duane Allman.

[@hepphepps8356]

@@danilomiram4497 Exactly! DA is good, but come on! If anyone deserves more credit, it's B. Whitlock!

[@alsaxe1]

funny u should ask that....i have a guitar instructional CD by Andy Summers...and in it, he plays alot of jazz numbers...After 3 minutes of it, i can't listen any longer...i love the musicianship, but i can't get into the mindless pieces of music....

[@joerockhead3665]

Clapton sure looks rough in that shot

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

I was at this show and I'll tell you something -- it never got beyond mediocre, uninspired and under-rehearsed. BUT opening act Average White Band was amazing and a lot of people who were there felt that way.

[@chiptmcc8656]

Had the album about 50 years ago. Thought it sucked and sold it. Recently bought a Cd of this show to refresh my memory, still sucked.

[@bobway8914]

All star jams are usually less than awesome.

the other guy is not Ronnie Wood?

[@afox7376]

It is Ron Wood.

[@phillipbermann1887]

@@afox7376 It is not

[@DanRivard-e7j]

Yes it is

[@slowhand5160t]

Is this off rainbow concert 1973 how come its not on the cd record never heard this is good not good as dominos

[@larryrubin5150]

3:40

[@w1lf1ewoo]

IS THIS REALLY FROM RAINBOW?

[@CommercialVehicle]

Good question

[@phillipbermann1887]

It is not

[@DougWJ]

I hear solos but no one is playing the fills through out the entire song - cmon, no one wants to attempt Duane's parts? Too funny.

[@ronp1018]

Song sounds really stale

[@larryrubin5150]

3:30

[@larryrubin5150]

3:40